The S and P 100, or S and P 100 Index, is a stock market index of US stocks developed by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), which later transferred the index to Standard and Poor's.
Index options on the S and P 100 are traded with the ticker symbol "OEX". Because of the popularity of these options, investors often refer to the index by its ticker.
The S and P 100, a subset of the S and P 500, is comprised of 100 leading U.S. stocks with exchange-listed options. Constituents of the S and P 100 are selected for sector balance and represent about 57% of the market capitalization of the S and P 500 and almost 45% of the market capitalization of the U.S. equity markets. The stocks in the S and P 100 are generally among the largest and most established companies in the S and P 500. In past years, turnover among stocks in the S and P 100 has been even lower than the turnover in the S and P 500.

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